Futbol Practice

Five PM at B's soccer (i.e. futbol) practice.  Yesterday and today have been mostly cloudy with only occasional rain....though last night it rained from about nine until midnight.  This was the time I was walking back from Chedraui in Colonia Reforma.  This is a new store in OAX....though there is an older one down south towards Plaza de Valle near Cinco Senors (i.e. "5 Senors").


This new store is very unlike the other retail stores here.  It has wide aisles, bright lights, a large selection of goods from groceries & liquor to household wares and electronics.  In other words, it looks like a new Super Target in the USA.

Now the items available aren't totally inclusive of everything a U.S. Super Target would carry.  This is (Southern) Mexico, after all.  But the prices are cheaper than any place else we've found, and they have "American" items we usually take for granted but which we mostly do without here. E.g. kettle potato chips, mayonnaise withOUT lime, and Ben & Jerry's ice cream.  Though at eighty-eight pesos per pint we're keeping our craving under control for the time being.  $7 US is too rich for our blood....for now.


All the Wal-mart Haters in the liberal gringo crowd (as well as some natives) must dread this "big box" entry into OAX.  As if Sam's Club wasn't bad enough, now comes a homegrown (i.e. Mexican) "Mom-and-Pop-Shop Killer."  I myself felt homesick on the walk home.  :-(